A Palestinian child has been killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
The agency reported that Fahd Zeidan Oweis, 16, was shot dead by Israeli forces in the village of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, while he was in the plain area of the village before dawn.
Israeli forces withheld the teenager’s body after preventing Palestinian Red Crescent crews from reaching him, WAFA added.
Meanwhile, illegal Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque and several Palestinian-owned vehicles early on Friday in the village of Jibiya, northwest of Ramallah, WAFA reported.
Local sources told WAFA that illegal settlers entered the village, burned the mosque and several vehicles, and sprayed racist slogans on the walls of homes.
In a separate incident, illegal settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the town of Al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus.
Security sources told the agency that illegal settlers attacked homes along the town’s main road and broke down several doors, causing panic among women and children.
The occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has witnessed an escalation in Israeli military violence, including raids, arrests, shootings and excessive use of force, alongside rising attacks by illegal Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property.
Since October 2023, attacks by the Israeli army and illegal Israeli settlers have killed 1,155 Palestinians, wounded about 11,750 others and led to the arrest of nearly 22,000 people, according to official Palestinian figures.
